Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hIgid, hId
Pronunciation : hId
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. skin of an animal; person's skin (Slang); concealed place, hiding place; measure of land (in Old English times). place out of sight, conceal, cover up; keep secret; conceal oneself. beat seriously; whip, flog, thrash. hide\hide\, v. i. to lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.hide \hide\ (hīd), v. t. [imp. hid (h&ibreve;d); p. p. hidden (h&ibreve;d"d'n), hid; p. pr. & vb. n. hiding (hīd"&ibreve;ng).] [oe. hiden, huden, as. h&ymacr;dan; akin to gr. key`qein, and prob. to e. house, hut, and perh. to e. hide of an animal, and to hoard. cf. hoard.].
2. to conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. a city that is set on an hill can not be hid. v.
3. if circumstances lead me, i will find where truth is hid.
4. to withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
5. to remove from danger; to shelter. in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. xxvi. 5.
6. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
7. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
8. To remove from danger; to shelter.
9. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
10. An abode or dwelling.
11. A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
12. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
13. The human skin; so called in contempt.
14. To flog; to whip. body covering of a living animal the dressed skin of an animal prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana".
15. 1. If you hide something or someone, you put them in a place where they cannot easily be seen or found. He hid the bicycle in the hawthorn hedge They could see:
that I was terrified, and hid me until the coast was clear. = conceal.
16. If you hide or if you hide yourself, you go somewhere where you cannot easily be seen or found. At their approach the little boy scurried away and hid They hid themselves behind a tree.
17. If you hide your face, you press your face against something or cover your face with something, so that people cannot see:
it. She hid her face under the collar of his jacket and she started to cry.
18. If you hide what you feel or know, you keep it a secret, so that no one knows about it. Lee tried to hide his excitement.
19. If something hides an object, it covers it and prevents it from being seen. The man's heavy moustache hid his upper lip completely.
20. A hide is a place which is built to look like its surroundings. Hides are used by people who want to watch or photograph animals and birds without being seen by them.
21. A hide is the skin of a large animal such as a cow, horse, or elephant, which can be used for making leather. the process of tanning animal hides. = skin see also:
hidden, hiding. An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.
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